Mcdowell, Mississippi Fred
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Mississippi Fred McDowell (born January 12, 1904, Roseville, Tennessee. Died July 3, 1972, Memphis, Tennessee) was born in Roseville Tennessee, and spent his formative years there, however he had long been a resident of Como, in Mississippi's hill country, when "discovered" by noted roaming Folklorist Alan Lomax, who first recorded him.